Really not calling this one "The Great Gig in the Sky"

Just wanted to say, “Thank you,” to Mr. Richard Wright who died of cancer today. Thank you for “Us and Them,” one of those bits of music that’s guaranteed to put me in an open state, giving and actually paying attention. Here’s a block quote of notes about his passing. > LONDON, England (AP) — Richard Wright, a founding member of the rock > group Pink Floyd, died Monday. He was 65. > > Pink Floyd’s spokesman Doug Wright, who is not related to the artist, > said Wright died after a battle with cancer at his home in Britain. He > says the band member’s family did not want to give more details about > his death. > > Wright met Pink Floyd members Roger Waters and Nick Mason in college > and joined their early band, Sigma 6. Along with the late Syd Barrett, > the four formed Pink Floyd in 1965. > > The group’s jazz-infused rock and drug-laced multimedia “happenings” > made them darlings of the London psychedelic scene, and their 1967 > album, “The Piper at the Gates of Dawn,” was a hit. > > In the early days of Pink Floyd, Wright, along with Barrett, was seen > as the group’s dominant musical force. The London-born musician and son > of a biochemist wrote songs and sang. [obit]: Read the obituary [here][obit]. Someone YouTube something. I have to go back to work …